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This reading brought new light to the concepts of presentation, and in turn interpretation, of installation art. Perception is created by experience and when you are presented with a completely new environment you have to use what you know to interpret it. The irony of this is that your perception is evolving at the same time. Through most of the installations in this book, I found myself in almost a fantasy and cartoon like state. These installations forced me really expand my thought process and to realize and respect the expressions of the artists. These new environments created by installations seem so fantastic because the artists are putting thought into every aspect of the piece. Everything that takes up space in an installation is subject to critique therefore making the original intent of the artist almost less profound than the final piece. Many of these pieces had an element of force to them regarding the audience. Often times I find myself quite reluctant to be forced to interact with anything but I feel installations have a way of hiding this "force". The force attacks our drive for stimulation and really puts interaction in the forfront of our priorities. I think installations should be constricted to a certain space so that we must question its placement as well as its content resulting in a level of interaction that will later be much more present.
Jesse Chieffo
